Crime & Court

Death penalty 'unlikely' without legal challenges

CONSTITUTIONAL Commission Chairman Sean McWeeney said recent comments about the end of hanging by Court of Appeal justices reflects opposition the London-based Privy Council has to the death penalty.

Man shot by two armed men

A MAN is in stable condition in hospital after being shot by two armed men around 9pm Wednesday.

Attempted murder suspect seeks bail to be home for Christmas

A MAN awaiting trial for attempted murder is seeking bail so that he can spend the holidays with his family, The Tribune has learned.

Appeal Court says there is never going to be a 'worst of the worst'

“HANGING is over” was the consensus of three Court of Appeal judges presiding over yesterday’s hearing of a man seeking to be exonerated of a conviction and death sentence for the paid execution of his friend.

Delay in $2m drug trial

THE trial of three men accused of being involved in a $2m drug smuggling plot has been pushed delayed by three months.

Permission granted to testify by video in double murder retrial

A JUDGE yesterday granted the Crown’s request for key witnesses in a double murder retrial to give evidence by video link.

Man stabbed in Grand Bahama

POLICE in Grand Bahama are investigating an incident that has left a man with stab wounds.

Man accused of murder is cleared

THE question of who was behind the late-night fatal shooting of Aaron Hepburn in The Grove remains unanswered following the acquittal of his accused killer in the Supreme Court yesterday.

Charges considered after boy’s death

INVESTIGATORS will know by Friday whether any relatives of the 11-year-old boy who was shot dead over the weekend will face charges, Chief Superintendant Clayton Fernander said yesterday.

Body of man found in canal - but police do not suspect homicide

POLICE are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in the Sea Breeze canal yesterday.

Seafood supplier accused of fraud worth $65,000

A SEAFOOD supplier accused yesterday of $65,000 worth of fraud faces up to five years imprisonment if convicted.

Lawyer appointed at public expense for killer's appeal

A MAN contesting his conviction for the murder of a friend he claimed introduced him to an HIV-positive woman will now have a lawyer appointed to present his appeal at the public’s expense.

Prisoner escapes from police as he was about to board plane

POLICE have issued a wanted bulletin for an escaped prisoner who ran from officers while he was about to be transferred from Grand Bahama to New Providence.